Main aims and object of the Indian Archaeological Society are here under:

1. To promote and guide the study of archaeology and create a forum for discussion of archaeological problems.

2. To publish a Bulletin on archaeological interests and to publish monographs and standard work on various archaeological problems.

3. To co-operate with different archaeological societies globally and to establish academic and exchange relations with them.

4. To organize annual Archaeological conference and periodical seminars and also the exhibitions of excavated and explored antiquities.

5. To inspire general public interest by organizing lectures, to encourage the collection and preservation of antiquities, to institute and award prizes and medals for important discoveries and researches.

6. To maintain a central library, to co-ordinate work of various government and autonomous bodies in the archaeological field.

7. To encourage setting up of local and regional Archaeological Societies, and affiliate and guide them.

8. To collect, hold and disburse funds and properties for the purpose of promoting the above objects.

9. To perform all other acts that maybe conducive to the above objects.